depose
Senso (Inglese)
- (literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
- (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
- (intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
- (transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.
- (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
- To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
Concetti
sinonimi
give testimony
give evidence
tell one’s story
remove from office
be an witness
undedicate
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Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/dɪˈpəʊz/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.
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